03-26-2021, 12:19 PM
(03-26-2021, 12:16 PM)ochocincos Wrote: If I recall correctly, the Bengals' argument for not offering as much guaranteed money is that they are more likely to keep players through most/all of their contracts compared to other teams, so the total money is essentially mostly guaranteed.
But players don't like that approach, and now they are seeing the Bengals cut players early, so guaranteed money becomes more important.
Yea, I think it is an issue of not all of their past practices have come forward. As you described, we are now in the business of cutting guys which means we will have to bring along our philosophy on guaranteed money now. That said, if the choice is to do it this way or sign no one until the second or third wave of FA I'll take this.
